Are these St. Georges?

[Mish]

Hi Max,

That is true to an extent, but I believe that these may not be 'Aussieland' mushrooms, they are not occurring in a native forest but in a garden full of imported European plants. Many fungal species have been introduced to Australia on the roots or in the soil associated with imported plants- including Amanita phalloides and Amanita muscaria- the latter which is now considered an invasive pest in native forests! Besides, many species are cosmopolitan, and fungal taxonomy in Australia is so badly neglected (around 5,600 described species out of the 250,000 species estimated to exist), that sometimes we HAVE to rely on European field guides!

cheers! From Mish

[m1.carson]

Hi,

I stand corrected .

Anyway if you're going to try and buy the Roger Phillips book, my edition was published by Macmillan Reference in 1994, then :- 13 15 17 19 18 16 14 [ which I assume is a catalogue No]
and then, ISBN 0 330 264419, which probably IS a ref No.

The only other piece of info is:-
Specialist booksellers
The Richmond Publishing Co Ltd.,
Orchard Rd.,
Richmond,
Surrey.

And

Wheldon and Wesley Ltd.,
Lytton cottage,
Codicote,
Hitchin,
Herts. I couldn't say if either are still in businness.

Good luck,
Max.

[AlanS]

Originally Posted by m1.carson

Hi,

I stand corrected .

Anyway if you're going to try and buy the Roger Phillips book, my edition was published by Macmillan Reference in 1994, then :- 13 15 17 19 18 16 14 [ which I assume is a catalogue No]
and then, ISBN 0 330 264419, which probably IS a ref No.

The only other piece of info is:-
Specialist booksellers
The Richmond Publishing Co Ltd.,
Orchard Rd.,
Richmond,
Surrey.

And

Wheldon and Wesley Ltd.,
Lytton cottage,
Codicote,
Hitchin,
Herts. I couldn't say if either are still in businness.

Good luck,
Max.

Wheldon & Wesley are gone I'm afraid - a long and involved story that included a disastrous marriage.

I also hear that the Richmond Publishing Co., who left Richmond a number of years ago, also no longer function as a retail outlet.

Roger Phillips has a new version of his book out, now titled "Mushrooms", published by Macmillan in 2006, in a more compact format (i.e. smaller pages but more of them). It is quite substantially updated.


Mish, it occurs to me that in the southern hemisphere, you will be getting autumnal fungi now, not early summer fungi such as St. George's Mushroom.

Looking at your photographs again, I now think they might be a Lepista species, though the distinction between Lepista and my previous suggestion of Clitocybe is somewhat nebulous. (There is a kind of pun hidden in that last statement .....)

Alan

[Stewy]

Is that it for the St Georges then?

[Mish]

Yes- they dissapeared under my father-in-law's lawnmower. I'll have to wait for next year now!

[Stewy]

I mean the season in the UK

[jennyb]

I had some in early April, but this week another has appeared in the same place.

Having read this thread, maybe this weeks is not St Georges? Have not taken any photos.

Jenny

[FungiJohn]

Originally Posted by Stewy

I mean the season in the UK

Plenty on Lime Tree Avenue at Clumber Park today Stew

John